Display rack



M. mm, 1923.

M. SMALL ET AL DISPLAY RACK Filed June 50, 1921 ll atentedlt eb. U1,

MAX smart, annnours SMALL, or nurrnno, nnw roan.

nrsrner neon.

Application filed time so,

To all '20 from it may concern Be] it known that we, MAX SMALL and Louis S ALL, citizens of the United States, residing at Bufi'alo, in the county of Eric and State of New York, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Display Racks, of which the following a specification. a a i Our invent-ion relates to improvements in display racks, and more particularly to that type of rack for holding and displaying small articles of merchandise, such ties, ribbons, or other articles. J In display raclrs' now in use for such purposes, considerable loss occursto merchants, use to the fact that ties or other small articlesso displayed are stolen, as no means is provided for locking the articles on the rack. a .Uur invention has for its primary object, to provide-a simple and inexpensive rack wherein articles displayed thereon are locked so that they cannot be stolen and so that the merchant or clerks will have to unlock the 2 rack before anarticle can be removed therefrom. y y A furtherobject of our invention is to so construct a rack that a large number of articles of merchandise can be displayed thereon and so any of the articles can be brought to View of the purchaser without.

unlocking the rack. a

With the aboveand other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims. y v In the drawings 1 1 is a side'elevation of p 1 ing a number of ties secured therein.

Fig. 2 is a planview oi the rack.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section through the upper portion of the rack, taken .online 3+3, Fig. 2, a Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical. section taken on line P 1, Fig. 2. y p p Fig. 5 is an enlargedsection taken on line 5--5,Fig. 3. a In the embodiment of our invention shown, 6 designatesthe stand on which the securing and displaymember 7 of the rack i 1 ismounted,said standinthe drawingsbeing shown as having-a baseS and a rodor mlfiupright 9, "The'combined securingand dis.

alined with the depressions 16 in the rack showa 1921. terial 1110,!181,5d3.

play inember'l', or head as itm'ay be termed, comprises a hub or central member 10 having an axial bore 11 opening to the lower end thereof, a ring or outlinmgmemben12 and arms 13 connecting the ring or outlining member with the hub 1.0. i

" The upper end of the rod or upright is entered in the bore 11 and its upperextremity rounded, as at 1 1., and bearing against the inner orend wall of said bore.

' Preferably the hub 10 includes a flat disk-like member .15, which has slight radially-disposed depressions 16 in its upper face around its margins-l portion, said depressions being spaced at regular intervals. Said disk-like member 15 has spaced upstanding lugs 17 between which is entered a lug 18 extending outwardly from the edge of a lock diskor plate .19 resting upon the upper surface of said disk-like member15, a pivotlpin 20 being passedthr'ough the lugs 17, 18to pivotally connectsaid lock disk or plate to said hub.

The disk-like member 15Iis provided at its edgewi'th a loop 21 at a point diametrically opposite the lug 17 thereon, andthe lock disk or plate 19 reuse provided on its. edge with a loop 22 diametrically opposite the lug 18 thereon, the openings in said loops 21, 22 being alined, as best shown in Fig. 4. The lock disk or plate 19 isalso provided on its under side with marginal radially-disposed f depressions 23, which are spaced at regular intervals around said disk or plate andare the upper v face of the disk-like member 15.

The ring 12 is preferably tubular, and at regular intervals around the same it has upstanding lugs 24, said lugs being arranged in pairs, asbest shown in Fig. 5, and between each pair of lugs one end of a needle or rod 25 is pivotally secured, as at26, each needle or rod having a sharpened i ner end the lock 28 is detached from the loops 21, i

22, the lock disk or plate 19 may be swung upwardly and .backwardly on the hub the direction of such movement-being indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4. When the locl; disk or ate is in this position, the free pointed'en'ds (if the needle 61' bar are exposed and may be swung upwardly and outwardly on their pivots. Ties designated by the numeral 30, or other articles of merchandise may be forced over the pointed ends-cit the needles or bars 25 and moved along the latter to any desired position, the needles beassed ,through portions of the ties or treat -isindicated at 31, Fig. 3. As theneedlesmay be of any lengtlndepending on the" diameter of'the ring 12, several ties or oth sihall'articles may be fastened to eac'lineedle or bar.

With-ayiew of preventing formation of o the article displayed, the nee esjo'r bars a-re'oi comparatively small diameterbnt oifsiifiicie'nt rigidity to support the articles displayed: thereon without bendingf 'or unduly straining the same. One needle after another may be swung upwardly and the desired articles attached thereto for disjljla eacli needle after having articles attached thereto bein swung backwardly in its reeeiving depression in the upper surface of the disk-like member 15 formed on the hubj After the needles or bars 25 are all provided with articles for display, the lock disk or 19' may be swung forwardly and downwardly onto; the disk-like member 15 girlie-hub and th'ef hasp olthe lock 28 passedthrough the loopsQl, 22 of said disklike nieinb'er and the lock disk or plate, and

" when the hasp is locked into the body porti'ofni of the lock,removal of the articles displ ed cannot takeplace. Any selected tie can be easilyrenioved by unlocking the rack i and swinging the lock disk or plate up- I't isof course understood it is not essential. that the rotatable portion of the rack, which may be referred to as the display head, is circular in formation, nor is it necessary that nteract details of construction shown and described be adhered to in order to stay within the bounds of our invention,

as the principle involved may be retained,

although the Construction of parts are changed.

Having thus described our invention, what weclaim H y I y 1. A displa' rack having a rotatable head, a plurality of members on said head to which articles to be displayed may be secured, and a singlelocking device co-acting with said members for lo'clringsaid members to prevent removal of articles displayed thereon.

2, A display rack comprising an upright or pport, a head at'tli'e upper end of said ii 'n ight or support, members on said head haying pointed ends to penetrate through articles to be displayed, and means forilockingsa'id men bers to prevent the removal of the articles displayed.

ineasoe A. display rack comprising an upright.

a head lHLVlIlfI an outlining member and a central member spaced from said outlining: member, needles extending from one oi said members to the other onto which articles to be displayed are to be passed from the pointed ends thereof, and means for locking the pointed ends of said needles to prevent removal oi the articles displayed thereon.

at. A display rack comprising a member having two spaced parts, one of said parts snr'roundingthe other, needles extending from the surroninling p: rt lo the other and having their pointed ends locked to said other part to prevent removal of articles v displayed on said nee les.

with an outlining part and a central part supi'iortii said outlining; part and spaced it'rom the latter, one of said. parts having dcpreissions at intervals thereon,needles pi Jotzdly secured with one of their ends to the other part, and means for retaining and locking the pointed ends of said needles in said dopressions.

7. A display rack comprising a stand, a head rotatable on said stand, and a plurality of pivoted needles having their points at their iiree ends to permit of forcing articles to be displayed over said pointed ends. means tor enclosing the pointed ends of said needles, and means for locking said cnclosing means to prevent removal of articles displayed on said needles.

8 A display rack comprising; an upright. a head rotatable on said upright and coinprising a hub having an a xial borc to rcccive the upper end of said upright and a ring surrounding said hub and spaced thereirom, said ring being; supported by said huh, needles pivotally connected to said ring and extending inwardly towards s'aid hub, and means for locking the inner ends of said needles to said hub to prevent the removal of articles displayed an said needles.

9. A display rack comprising an upright having; a rounded upper extremity, a head having a. hub provided with an axial bore receiving the upper end of said upright and having the rounded extremity of said up right bearing against the inner or end wall of said bore. a ring; surrounding said huh. arms connectingsaid hub with said ring. lugs on said ring arranged in pairs and having the pairs spaced at regular intervals around the same, a needle pivotally secured between eachpair of lugs and extending inwardly to said hub, a locking element on 1 aeaeee said'hub for looking the inner ends of the needles thereto, and means for locking said a locking element to said hub.

10. display rack comprising an upright and a head rotatable on said upr1ght,'sa1d head having a hub and a ring surrounding said hub and spaced therefrom, said ring being connected With said hub by meansoi arms and having lugs secured thereto, needles pivotally secured to saidlugs and extending inwardly onto said hub, a lock plate hearingagainst the inner ends of said nee dies, and a loeln for locking said lock plate to said hub. A f

11. A display rack comprising an upright and a head rotatable on said upright, said head having a hub provided with depres sions around its margin on its upperside,

a ring surrounding said hub and spaced therefrom, arms connecting said ring and hub, a look plate pivotally secured to said hub and having marginal depressions alined with the depressions'in said hub, needles secured to said ring and extending inwardly therefrom, said needles havingtheir pointed inner ends in alined depressions of said hub and look plate, and means for locking said lock plate to said hub.

i 12. A display raclrcomprising an upright and a head on saidupright, said-head having a hub provided with a disk-like member at its upper end providing a'fiatupper face and having depressions at the margin of said upper face spaced around the same, said disk-like member having a lug extending from its edge and a loop formed on its edge at a point diametrically opposite said lug, a lock plate having a lug pivotally connected to the lug of said disk-like memherand having a loop-alined with the loop of said disk-like member, said lock plate having depressions on its underside alined with the depressions in said disk-like mem tures.

MAX SMALL. [11. 5.] LOUIS SML [L a] 

